Master degree program
Сhemical Physics

Сhemical Physics

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Natural Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this program, Masters are expected to be able to:
1. To interpret the basic concepts and provisions of chemical kinetics, experimental methods for studying the kinetics of chemical reactions and methods for analyzing experimental data;
2. To form a systematic knowledge of the laws of kinetics of chemical reactions, the theory of diffusion and heat transfer, the provisions of chemical thermodynamics in the processes of combustion and explosion, and the synthesis of nanomaterials;
3. To classify the fast-flowing chemical and physico-chemical transformations of substances and systems in the processes of thermal decomposition, combustion, explosion and detonation;
4. To apply the methods of theoretical and experimental research, mathematical analysis and modeling of physical and chemical processes in scientific-innovative and engineering-technological activity;
5. To use information and communication technologies in everyday and professional activities to improve digital literacy and have the skills to work in global computer networks to receive, store and process information;
6. To evaluate the patterns of the influence of external influences on the kinetics of chemical processes in various systems to optimize technological processes;
7. To choose the most effective areas of application of chemical physics methods allowing to modernize the processes of synthesis and directed modification of material properties;
8. Justify the choice of methods for recording and processing the results of theoretical and experimental studies in the field of chemical physics;
9. To integrate scientific and professional knowledge in the field of chemical physics into the practice of the educational process of higher education, including in the context of the characteristics of distance learning;
10. To develop skills for continuing education and self-education, the ability to maximize the most productive use of one’s creative potential in the interests of individuals, society and the state;
11. To apply in practice professional and personal qualities that provide ample opportunities for self-realization in the latest areas of knowledge, the most significant areas of professional activity and public life;
12.Organize the work of teams, performers, independently accept social and ethical obligations;

Program passport

Speciality Name
Сhemical Physics
Speciality Code
7M05318
Faculty
Chemistry and Chemical Technology

disciplines

Chemistry and physics of combustion and explosion
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the main problems of modern theory combustion and explosion, apply the knowledge gained to calculate and substantiate the main characteristics and parameters of combustion processes, and use their technological capabilities in practice. The following will be considered: the patterns of combustion and explosion processes, the theory of the propagation of the combustion wave, the properties of the flame front in the combustion processes, the influence of various factors on the normal rate of combustion, methods for calculating the volume, composition of combustion products, heat, combustion temperature and the main indicators of fire danger will be considered.

Combustion and properties of combustible substances
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Description: The purpose of the discipline: The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to analyze the formation of combustible and explosive systems in order to prevent fires and explosions. The following will be considered: combustion of substances, combustion process, spontaneous combustion and spontaneous ignition, forced spontaneous combustion, properties and fire hazard of combustible substances, spread of combustion in gases, liquids and solid materials, indicators of fire hazard of substances and materials and methods of their determination, explosive processes.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

Formation of soot, fullerenes, nanotubes, and superhydrophobic surfaces the combustion of hydrocarbons
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to interpret the basics of physico-chemical processes leading to the formation of a solid phase in hydrocarbon flames, to evaluate the results of theoretical and experimental studies of combustion processes to solve environmental problems associated with soot formation. Methods of flame research, mechanisms of soot formation in tribes, the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion processes, methods of synthesis of fullerenes, nanotubes and carbon surfaces in flames will be considered.

History and philosophy of science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Modern methods of chemical physics
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to use the theoretical and experimental foundations of modern chemical physics in solving problem situations in educational, research and scientific activities. Will be considered: crossed molecular beams, statistical and jet methods, laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, electron-nonadiabatic reactions, femtochemistry, femtosecond spectroscopy methods, transition state dynamics, kinetics of ultrafast chemical reactions.

Modern problems of fuel combustion
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to interpret the basics of physico-chemical processes leading to the intensification of combustion of gaseous, liquid and solid fuels, to choose methods for improving and intensifying the combustion of various types of fuels. The following aspects are considered: energy fuel and its types; thermal engineering characteristics of fuels; preparation of solid fuel for combustion; preliminary preparation of solid fuel; dust preparation systems; combustion of liquid fuel; gorenje liquid fuel in a flare; combustion of gaseous fuel; organization of the combustion process; the layout of the burner devices.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the knowledge of undergraduates about the organization and planning of scientific research in the field of chemical physics. Upon successful completion of the discipline, master students should be able to: 1. To integrate the acquired knowledge to the planning and organization of all stages of scientific research, including a selection of optimal experimental conditions and the choice of methods of physicochemical analysis; 2. To develop the ability to optimize in time and space all the material elements of the research process in order to achieve maximum results with minimal costs; 3. To сhoose possible options for research work using the experience of foreign countries; 4. To put into practice the main provisions of the organization and planning of research; Questions of planning and organization of all stages of scientific research, conducting experiments and choosing methods of physical and chemical analysis are considered; coordination and optimization of the research process; systematic analysis of all stages of research work with the application of new methods and techniques for conducting research; creation of logical systems for organization of scientific work with coordination at each stage of the subsystem; analysis of research work using the experience of foreign countries; ensuring continuity and cyclicity of experiments; rational organization of research work; ecological component of processes; economic profitability of the process.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Researches
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the skills necessary for planning and conducting high-quality and competitive scientific research. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of the process of scientific research, their goals, objectives, stages of implementation, as well as areas of application of the results. The discipline is aimed at studying the foundations of the scientific method, the methodology for conducting literary and experimental research, the rules for preparing and reviewing scientific publications and projects.

Pedagogy of higher education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Psychology
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at the formation of socio-psychological competence for objective assessment of psychological theories of management, leadership, dynamics of group development, team building, the features of psychology of the masses, crowd, psychological theories of communication, conflict resolution strategies necessary for their professional activities within framework of managerial relationships

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Burning of powder materials in pyrotechnic compositions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to analyze modern technologies for obtaining energy-saturated materials with specified properties in industrial production, to use methods of their modification to increase the effectiveness of pyrotechnic compositions and products. Methods of production and modification of powder materials, processes of agglomeration and corrosion of powder materials, the mechanism of ignition and combustion, patterns of ignition and combustion of metal particles, combustion in a closed volume, heterogeneous combustion of condensed particles in an active high-temperature stream, modern methods of research of ignition and combustion of powder materials will be considered.

Chemical physics of energy-saturated materials
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to interpret a set of knowledge about the physico-chemical and explosive properties of energy-saturated materials, the peculiarities of their behavior in various conditions, to apply in practice methods for calculating the energy and ballistic parameters of energy-saturated materials. The basics of technology for obtaining energy-saturated materials, methods of their utilization, operation and storage, individual and mixed energy-saturated materials and products based on them, methods and devices for their research and evaluation of efficiency, as well as practical suitability, equipment for production and processing will be considered.

Chemical physics of the formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to interpret the basics of physico-chemical processes leading to the formation of nanoparticles and nanosystems, to use in practice methods for obtaining nanomaterials and nanostructures using the basic laws of chemical physics. The geometric, electronic structures and reactivity of nanomaterials will be considered; the growth activity of nanostructures and its dependence on various factors; analysis of the conditions for the formation of nanostructures of a certain shape; electrical properties and charge transfer in nano-objects; nanothermodynamics; plasma methods for obtaining nanostructures.

Computational methods in chemical kinetics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to use modern computer technology and software packages to solve problems of chemical kinetics by mathematical modeling of chemical processes. The basics of methods of mathematical analysis and modeling of theoretical and experimental research, the use of basic types of models for interpreting experimental data, methods for solving direct and inverse problems of chemical kinetics, Laplace transform, classical trajectory method, methods of qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations, Monte Carlo method, CHEMKIN, Chemical Workbench, Gaussian, MATLAB software packages will be considered.

Diffusion and heat transfer in chemical kinetics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to study the kinetics of chemical reactions, taking into account the physical processes of transfer of matter and heat. The following equations of diffusion, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusion, Non-isothermal and multicomponent diffusion, basic concepts of combustion theory, combustion propagation mechanism, thermal explosion, limits of combustion, detonation, chemical fluctuations, stability and regulation of chemical processes will be considered.

Experimental methods for studying the kinetics of chemical reactions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply experimental methods to study the kinetics of chemical reactions and methods of analyzing experimentals datas. The basic concepts of chemical kinetics, kinetic patterns of simple and complex reactions, the theory of active collisions, the theory of an activated complex, experimental methods for determining the rate constant and reaction order, kinetics of thermal decomposition of solids, experimental methods for studying reaction rates will be considered.

High energy chemistry
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the general patterns of chemical processes occurring in thermodynamically nonequilibrium conditions during the interaction of various types of radiation with matter, as well as in nonequilibrium plasma. The interaction of radiation with matter, mechanisms of elementary processes in high-energy chemistry, photochemistry, radiation chemistry, plasma chemistry, principles of technologies based on the use of high-energy processes, high-energy chemical processes in nature and engineering will be considered.

Inhibition and promotion of combustion processes
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply in practice theoretical knowledge about the mechanisms of action of inhibitors and catalysts on сombustion processes, to prepare compositions of inhibitors and catalysts for their use. Will be consider the following aspects: thermodynamics of combustion processes, temperature and chemical composition in equilibrium, diffusion and heat transfer in combustion processes, branching and chain breakage reactions in inhibition and promotion processes, investigation of the kinetics of thermal decomposition of condensed substances, methods of combustion process control.

Kinetics of chain reactions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the course: to develop the ability to apply in practice theoretical knowledge about the patterns of chain reactions in real gaseous, condensed systems and solutions, to analyze thermodynamic and kinetic patterns of chemical processes. The following topics will be considered: kinetic analysis of complex reactions, mechanisms of unbranched and branched chain reactions, N.N.Semenov's method of partial stationary concentrations, kinetics of reactions in a stream, kinetics of reactions in condensed phases, rapid reactions in solutions, kinetics of reactions with non-thermal activation.

Modern problems of fuel combustion
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to interpret the basics of physico-chemical processes leading to the intensification of combustion of gaseous, liquid and solid fuels, to choose methods for improving and intensifying the combustion of various types of fuels. The following aspects are considered: energy fuel and its types; thermal engineering characteristics of fuels; preparation of solid fuel for combustion; preliminary preparation of solid fuel; dust preparation systems; combustion of liquid fuel; gorenje liquid fuel in a flare; combustion of gaseous fuel; organization of the combustion process; the layout of the burner devices.

Physical methods of influence on chemical reactions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the general patterns of physical methods of influencing chemical reactions to optimize technological processes. Chain reactions, activation methods of chemical reactions, photochemical reactions, radiation-chemical reactions, mechanochemistry, plasma chemical activation, activation using shock waves, sonochemical activation (sonochemical), low-temperature (cryochemical) activation, phase equilibrium or phase rules, adsorption processes on the surface of matter, theory of catalytic reactions will be considered.

Safety of Productions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to systematize measures for the safe operation of hazardous production facilities and reduce harmful effects on the environment. The following topics will be considered: technosphere and safety, industrial sanitation in the chemical industry, engineering fundamentals of industrial safety, fundamentals of fire prevention.

Wave technology in industry
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply the basic techniques of wave action in practical activities at chemical industry enterprises. Wave technologies in industry will be considered: types of wave effects – acoustic waves, electromagnetic waves; cavitation phenomenon, technologies based on the phenomenon of cavitation; processes based on the use of acoustic vibrations; processes based on the use of microwave radiation; electrohydroeffect and microwave radiation, combined processing processes.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years